A Solar Energy Curriculum for Elementary Students
The National Energy Education Development (NEED) solar curriculum project includes Teachers Guides and Student Lab Books for hands-on solar activities as well as a variety of resources to learn about solar energy and its applications. To help schools incorporate more solar energy education into their elementary classrooms, NEED prepared a series of hands-on kits about solar. The Teacher and Student Guides may be accessed in PDFs below. Kits are available for purchase from the NEED Project.
- Elementary - Wonders of the Sun Teacher Guide (pdf)
- Elementary - Wonders of the Sun Student Guide (pdf)
More Information
There are lots of great resources online for teaching about solar energy. A few excellent examples: